Observational studyPloS one2018
Mortality in nursing home residents: A longitudinal study over three years.
Observational study in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 51 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Optimized Acute Care for Geriatric Patients Using an Intersectoral Telemedical Cooperation Network - Around the Clock - Technical Performance
Optimized Acute Care for Geriatric Patients Using an Intersectoral Telemedical Cooperation Network - Around the Clock
Who cites it
51 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trial
- The OptimaMed intervention to reduce medication burden in nursing home residents with severe dementia: results from a pragmatic, controlled study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- BABEL (Better tArgeting, Better outcomes for frail ELderly patients) advance care planning: a comprehensive approach to advance care planning in nursing homes: a cluster randomised trial.Age and ageing · 2022Trial
- Long-term mortality rate changes and inverse patterns for pandemic and post-pandemic excess mortality.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- State Medicaid Bed-Hold Policies and Hospitalizations and ED Visits Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents.JAMA health forum · 2026Article
- Mortality and causes of death among long-term care residents in Helsinki, Finland 2017-2021, a longitudinal cohort study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2026Article
- Suprapubic catheter insertion: a multicentre review on mortality during short-, medium- and long-term follow-up.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Article
- Nationwide estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rates and numbers needed to vaccinate for COVID-19 vaccines in 2024 in Austria.European journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Polypharmacy appropriateness in Italian Long-Term Care Facilities: the nationwide prescription day point survey.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Healthcare utilization, pharmacotherapy prescriptions, and clinical outcomes across a 5-year duration preceding and succeeding the initiation of home health care in a nationwide population-based cohort of 187,547 older adults with disabilities.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
- "Help with rowing the boat": Implementing and evaluating the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care program in four Canadian provinces.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Article
- Predictors of mortality over time in geriatric patients with hip fracture.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2024Article
- The Involvement of Caregivers in the End-of-life Care of an Older Adult Living in a Long-term Care Home: A Qualitative Case Study with Nurses and Relatives.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024Article
- Older Adults' Acceptance of a Virtual Reality Group Intervention in Nursing Homes: Pre-Post Study Under Naturalistic Conditions.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Hip fracture rate and osteoporosis treatment in Ontario: A population-based retrospective cohort study.Archives of osteoporosis · 2024Article
- Predictors of mortality shortly after entering a long-term care facility.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Resources to Support Decision-Making Regarding End-of-Life Nutrition Care in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Impact of Virtual Reality-Based Group Activities on Activity Level and Well-Being Among Older Adults in Nursing Homes: Longitudinal Exploratory Study.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Identification of unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveNursing home (NH) stay is the highest level of formal care. With the expected demographic changes ahead, the need for NH placement will put an increasing socioeconomic strain on the society. Survival in NHs and factors predicting survival are important knowledge in order to evaluate NH admission policies and plan future NH capacity.
methodsWe followed 690 NH residents included at admission to NH over a period of three years. Participants were examined at baseline (BL) and every six months. Demographic and clinical data were collected, including comorbidity, severity of cognitive impairment, dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Median survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier analysis, and factors associated with mortality were identified by Cox models with baseline and time-dependent covariates.
resultsMedian survival in NH was 2.2 years (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.9-2.4). Yearly mortality rate throughout the three-year observation period was 31.8%. Mortality was associated with higher age and comorbidity at BL, and more severe dementia, higher ADL-dependency, less severe psychotic symptoms, and a lower BMI throughout the study period. Of the organizational variables, living on a ward with more residents resulted in a higher risk of mortality.
conclusionIn conclusion, the NH mortality rate remained stable throughout the three-year study period with about one third of the residents deceasing each year. Individual resident characteristics appeared to be more important than organizational variables for predicting mortality risk. The finding of an association between ward size and mortality risk deserves further investigation in future studies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.